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7.8 ViewingyourY‐camonaMobilePhone
Y‐camisdedicatedtoprovidingeasytouseIPcameras.Inviewofthiswehavemadesomechangestothewayuserscan
viewtheircamerasfromamobilephone.Thefollowingexplainshowtoeasilyviewthecamerafromamobilephone.
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Theeasiestwaytoaccessthecamerafromamobilephoneistotypehttp://<CameraIPaddress>:<Port>/mobile
inthe
browserofyourmobilephoneandyoushouldseethefollowingscreen.
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Selectandclickthe“3GPPStreamLive”forlivevideo.ThiswillinitiateanRTSPsessionbetweenthemobilephoneand
thecamerausingthemediaplayerwithinthemobilephone.
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Ifyourmobilephonedoesn’tsupportRTSPmediastreamingorisunabletodecodethemediastreamfromtheY‐cam,
pleaseusethe“Picturelive”button.
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“PictureLive”isanautomaticallyrefreshingsnapshotsothatnoncompatiblemobilephones,canviewliveimagesfrom
thecamera.
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The“Settings”buttonallowsyoutosetupboththe3GPPstreamandthePictureLiveview.Pleasenotethatyouneed
theadminpasswordtomakeanychangestothesesettings.
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Forsomemobilephones,youdonotneedtoenter“/mobile”ontheendofyourcamerasaddress–itwillworkfinewith
thestandardwebaddressofyourcamera.
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Troubleshooting
1. Ifyoucan’tviewthecamerafromyourmobilephon e, pleasetrythedemocamerasonthemainY‐camwebsite
http://www.y‐cam.com
.Boththeusernameandpasswordare“guest”forthesedemocameras.
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2. Mostmobilephonesuserealplayerforvideostreaming.Asrealplayercan’thandleauthentication,youwill
needtodisableauthenticationfromtheSettingspageviathemobilelogin.
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3. iPhonesandotherportableAppledevicescanonlyaccesstheY‐camusinghttp://<CameraIPaddress>:<Port
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thenclickingon“LiveView”
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4. Pleasemakesurethecorrectportsonyourrouterhavebeenforwardedtothecamera.Pleasegoto
http://portforward.com
forportforwardingproceduresspecifictoyourrouter.
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